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Fort Morgan headed to Omaha tournament

Set for at least three days of games

By Jonathan Seib

Times sports writer

Posted:
06/11/2014 01:00:00 AM MDT

Joey Schneider tags out a Scottsbluff runner at home in one of the many games that has been postponed or cancelled by weather for Fort Morgan this season. Schneider and the rest of the Legion team now head to Omaha, Neb. this weekend for the Omaha Tournament. (Cindy Schneider / Fort Morgan Times)

The Fort Morgan B Legion baseball team is headed to the Omaha Tournament this weekend. The team is set to play at least five teams in three days with more games possible on Sunday depending on how well the team does.

The team starts games on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. against the Arkansas Black Sox. Then at 1 p.m. they take on Eureak, Mo. On Friday, the team will take on Hickman Norris at 3:30 p.m. and Omaha Skutt at 6 p.m.

On Saturday the team takes on Independence, Mo., at 10:30 a.m.

The team will then have a chance to attend a College World Series game on Saturday before seeing if they have enough wins to the advance to the final rounds on Sunday.

The Omaha Tournament draws teams from across the country every year and is designed to coincide with the College World Series, giving the youth teams a chance to see collegiate baseball first hand.

The Fort Morgan Legion team is at a 7-1 record at the writing of this article with a schedule that has been upset several times by the weather, resulting in at least six games delayed by rain or wind.